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Knott’s Berry Farm in California: A Year of Unlimited Food with All Season Dining

Disneyland is the big landmark of Orange County, but there’s also Knott’s Berry Farm. It’s a theme park everyone in Southern California knows, and since it’s in Buena Park, where a lot of Korean Americans live, most Korean families around here have probably been at least once or twice. If you have young kids, you probably buy annual theme park passes every year (because it’s way cheaper that way). On top of that, the All Season Dining plan Knott’s offers is the best deal out there for parents trying to save even a little.

All Season Dining (a year of unlimited meals at every restaurant)

This year, 2022, it’s $145 per person. We’re a family of five and the youngest is still little, so we bought four passes in total. With prices going up so much lately, a meal around Buena Park runs about $12–16, so generously speaking the pass costs about the same as 12 meals. But with it, you can eat as much as you want all year long (you can order one item at one of about 15 restaurants, and order again every 4 hours). If your family steadily eats dinner there about once a week (by my math, close to $2,500 worth), you can save serious money.

Of course, you can’t expect top-quality food at this price, but some of it looks pretty decent. For reference, it includes Panda Express, the well-known American Chinese chain, plus BBQ spots, pizza, burgers, corn dogs, and fry shops.

Ghost Town restaurants

Sutter’s Grill

Cheeseburgers, BBQ burgers and salads, pastrami sandwiches, chicken tenders

Sutter’s Pizza

Pizza place

Calico Taster Bites

BBQ pulled pork tots

Wagon Wheel Pizza

Pizza and Greek salad

Wagon Wheel Pizza

Pizza and Greek salad

Fireman’s BBQ

BBQ place

Wilderness Broiler

Cheeseburgers, chicken sandwiches, salads

Panda Express

American Chinese food

Strictly-on-a-Stick

Corn dogs, cheese sticks

Boardwalk restaurants

Boardwalk BBQ

BBQ dishes, salads

Coasters Dinner

Cheeseburgers, chicken tenders, hot dogs, chili cheese dogs, salads

Hollywood Hits Pizza

Pizza, salads

Fiesta Village restaurants

Cantina

Mexican burritos, tacos, tamales

Fiesta Dogs

All kinds of hot dogs

Papa Loca

All kinds of fries

Camp Snoopy restaurants

Grizzly Creek Lodge

Cheeseburgers, chicken tenders, hot dogs, mac and cheese, pizza, salads

At Knott’s you’ll see dads walking around with both hands full of take-out food, and they’re probably guests enjoying this All Season Dining perk. With this pass you also get 10% off most snacks inside Knott’s. Starbucks included.